To Goanet - anand virgincar wrote: >And the absolutely central point to my arguments that follow is : >FORGET WHAT HAPPENED IN GOA PRIOR TO 1961.
Dr. Virgincar, I cannot fully agree with your prescription above. Such willful amnesia about our past is dangerous. What if I want to undertake a historical investigation? Events in our times have shown that negationism amounts to no good, that it breeds a reservoir of latent rage. Furthermore, truth is always more robust than comfortable fantasies. Having said that, I think I know where you are coming from. You do not want the current generation of Goans to be held responsible for acts of commission and omission of their forebears. More power to you. With the magnitude and extent of the problems confronting Goa today, you do not want to see us dissipate our energies in squabbles concerning our past. I am with you there. You want hatred out, goodwill in. Count me in, mate. At some point, it is my hope that the knotty issues of the past can and will be discussed honestly and intelligently. Perhaps when there is more distance between 'present' and 'past.' If your thesis is that that point is not now, I would tend to agree. At any rate, it is imperative that good people engage their differences candidly. For if the good people abdicate their responsibility towards honest dialogue, it leaves behind a vacuum into which rush radicals of all stripes. A fertile ground is then created for the ugly Marxist vultures to home in and scavenge on the carrion of communal hatred. Warm regards, r
